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Meandrophylliinae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Meandrophylliinae Roniewicz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyHaplaraeidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
subfamilyMeandrophylliinae
subfamilyMeandrophylliinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Meandrophylliinae Roniewicz 1976
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G. †Brachymeandra Alloiteau 1957
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†Brachymeandra facilis Pocta 1887
†Brachymeandra silex Eliasova 1994
Invalid names: Brachycoenia Beauvais 1982 [synonym]
G. †Dimorphastraeopsis Alloiteau 1958
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†Dimorphastraeopsis bohemica Eliasova 1989
Invalid names: Olgastraea Eliasova 1989 [synonym]
G. †Meandrophyllia D'Orbigny 1849
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†Meandrophyllia amedei Etallon and Thurmann 1864
†Meandrophyllia corrugata Michelin 1843
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Invalid names: Meandrina edwarsii Michelin 1843 [synonym]
†Meandrophyllia heberti Alloiteau 1957
†Meandrophyllia lotharinga Michelin 1843
†Meandrophyllia macroseriata Beauvais and Nouiouat 1993
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Invalid names: Thamnasteria hideshimaensis Eguchi 1951 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Thamnasteria contorta Eguchi 1951 [synonym]
†Meandrophyllia oceani de Fromentel 1877
†Meandrophyllia steini Felix 1891
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Invalid names: Meandrophyllia sauteri Felix 1891 [synonym]
†Meandrophyllia textilis Goldfuss 1826
†Meandrophyllia tomesi Beauvais 1966
†Meandrophyllia tuberosa Etallon 1864
†Meandrophyllia uxacalcensis Alloiteau 1957
†Meandrophyllia velamentosa Goldfuss 1826
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Invalid names: Meandrophyllia gyrosa Goldfuss 1826 [synonym]
Invalid names: Latimaeandraraea Fromentel 1861 [synonym], Michelinaraea Alloiteau 1952 [synonym], Uxacalcaraea Alloiteau 1957 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-10 09:04:12
Modified: 2008-02-10 11:04:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 170.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (109 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Tunisia Meandrophyllia sp. (13862)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Switzerland Meandrophyllia greppini (162373)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Poland Dimorphastraeopsis biformis (38189)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Meandrophyllia tomesi (36667)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Meandrophyllia sp. (13900)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Meandrophyllia sp. (11084 11085)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Lorraine) Meandrophyllia edwardsi (93188)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Franche-Comte) Meandrophyllia edwardsi (93184)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Azerbaijan Thamnoseris amedei (78419)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Meandrophyllia amedei (68374 68376)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Algeria Meandrophyllia corrugata, Meandrophyllia macroseriata (79366)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania Meandrophyllia edwardsi (35185) Meandrophyllia edwardsi, Meandrophyllia amedei (35199)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia (South Ossetia) Thamnoseris amedei (90002)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) Thamnoseris amedei (89995)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation Thamnoseris amedei (90020)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Thamnoseris amedei (90017)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Meandrophyllia amedei (68651 68668) Meandrophyllia corrugata, Meandrophyllia amedei (68654 68684)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland Meandrophyllia amedei (68369 68370)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Meandrophyllia edwardsi, Meandrophyllia amedei (35201)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Meandrophyllia amedei (34611 34613) Meandrophyllia edwardsi (34624 34625)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Latimaeandraraea cylindrica (68787 68809)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Poland Meandrophyllia amedei (21268)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Tanzania Meandrophyllia sp., Meandrophyllia oolitotithonica (34863)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Tanzania Meandrophyllia oolitotithonica, Meandrophyllia sp. A (35461)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Meandrophyllia tuberosa (34398)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal Meandrophyllia bonanomii (68239)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Thamnoseris amedei (36533)
Neocomian - Aptian143.1 - 113.2Mexico (Oaxaca) Thamnasteria xipei (79442)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Austria Meandrophyllia corrugata (192211 192215)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Spain Meandrophyllia edwardsi (69144)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Hungary Dimorphastraeopsis patellaris (25152)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Georgia Meandrophyllia edwardsi (67510)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Japan (Miyagi) Meandraraea mabutii (91349)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Poland Meandrophyllia lotharinga (67123)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Venezuela Meandrophyllia cariacoensis (90544)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Mexico (Puebla) Meandraraea sauteri, Meandraraea steini, Meandraraea tulae (89865)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Meandraraea sp. (65201 65202)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Meandraraea sp. (65199)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Mexico Meandrophyllia meandroides (21253)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Serbia Meandraraea meandroides (74793) Meandrophyllia lotharinga (74794 74797)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Romania Meandraraea meandriformis (69202) Meandrophyllia sp. 1, Meandrophyllia sp. 2, Meandraraea sp. (69201)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France Meandraraea meandroides (64081 116615)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Meandraraea mabutii (60375) Olgastraea bohemica, Siderofungia irregularis (34719)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Mexico (Michoacan) Meandrophyllia sauteri (89844 89846)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Tanzania Astraeofungia decipiens (85359)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Xizang) Latimaeandraraea felixi (74258)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Iran Brachycoenia minor (234261)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Spain Brachycoenia sp., Meandrophyllia sp. (74894) Meandraraea meandriformis (74893)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5China (Xizang) Meandrophyllia lotharinga (74266)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan (Iwate) Thamnasteria contorta (91322 91324 91328) Thamnasteria hideshimaensis (91323 91327)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Mexico (Sonora) Meandrophyllia lotharinga, Meandraraea meandroides (35101)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Venezuela (State of Anzoátegui) Meandrophyllia plummeri (78623)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Venezuela (State of Sucre) Meandrophyllia cariacoensis, Meandrophyllia plummeri (78595)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Japan (Iwate) Thamnasteria contorta (91330)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian119.57 - 100.5Iran Meandrophyllia meandroides (31651)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico Meandraraea meandroides, Meandrophyllia lotharinga (21254)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Mexico (Oaxaca) Meandrophyllia montezumae (79463) Thamnasteria xipei (79450)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Spain Meandraraea meandroides (56935)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Dimorphastraeopsis patellaris (86498)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Meandraraea meandroides (94265)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Greece Brachycoenia sp. (203933)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain Brachycoenia bellula, Brachycoenia minor (23537)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Czechia Brachyseris silex, Ovalastrea facilis (34737) Olgastraea bohemica (35113 35114) Olgastraea bohemica, Brachyseris silex (35105) Olgastraea bohemica, Ovalastrea facilis (35138) Ovalastrea facilis (35147 35164)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Olgastraea bohemica, Brachyseris silex (35144)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Armenia Dimorphastrea patellaris (86825)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.2Georgia Latimaeandraraea concentrica, Confusastrea leptophylla (91628)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria (Styria) Brachycoenia leptophylla (25479)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria Brachymeandra leptophylla (74895)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Bulgaria Brachycoenia leptophylla (67576) Uxacalcaraea heberti, Uxacalcaraea uxacalcensis (67575)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Mexico (Oaxaca) Brachyseris morchella (79439)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman Brachycoenia leptophylla (206407)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Fungiastraea textilis (85268) Fungiastraea textilis, Fungiastraea velamentosa (85273) Fungiastraea textilis, Fungiastraea velamentosa, Meandrophyllia gyrosa (85272) Fungiastraea velamentosa (85271)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico Meandrophyllia oceani (138913)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Meandrophyllia oceani (27656)